by admin | Oct 8, 2016 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 7 (PIA)—The bid to get Bohol back into the list of next wave cities (NWC) for prospectors of information technology’s business process management (IT-BPM) starts anew this week as private and public sectors bring Digital Bohol Summit here October 15 and 14.
Set in an auspicious time when an earthquake in Bohol effectively cancelled the supposedly best time for the city and the province to showcase why it is the next best place for a BPM venture in 2013, the ICT summit now would be a chance at redemption for Bohol’s failed dream of showing off its potential as NWC call center hub.
“It is our desire that Tagbilaran City maintains its presence in the ICT/BPM radar and become an investment location for the industry,” Governor Edgar Chatto said.
The government has identified the IT-BPM as the biggest thing for the Philippines, with the potential for jobs and advancement neatly tucked in it.
Organized by the Provincial Government through its Bohol Investment Promotion Center (BIPC) in coordination with Bohol ICT Council, Tagbilaran City and the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Summit brings to Bohol key information communication technology big wigs who would be witnessing the launching of the local ICT BPM development roadmap billed as “Digital Bohol Project.”
City Hall through Jeanette Laila Busano said “the summit will introduce and feed a roadmap for “Digital Bohol” — a plan for holistic digital inclusion in Bohol that aims to set the standard for how local leaders can collaborate to harness technology to empower business, government and civil society — the project will start in Tagbilaran City as the pilot and model city.”
Picking “Harnessing ICT, Powering Bohol” as its theme, the two day summit would be having the country’s secretary for the Department of Information Communication and Technology (DICT) Atty Rodolfo Salalima as well as DICT Director Monchito Ibrahim as keynote speaker and the electronic innovations at the DICT.
The launching of Digital Bohol also formally lays the ground plan of bringing Bohol’s competitive advantage to the fore, says BIPC head Maria Fe Dominese.
The launching program also accommodates the oath taking of Digital Bohol Student Councils, Quadripartite technical working group and coordinators while an overview of the Open Collaboration with East Asia New (OCEAN 16) Champions also happen.
City Mayor John Geesnell Yap who is a staunch supporter of digital innovations has committed to financially support the event.
Other than keynote addresses from government, business, and civil society leaders, the Summit also brings out plenary sessions on entrepreneurship and digital contraptions, the Philippines and the global community; interactive brainstorming sessions centered on how to scale emerging, youth-led social solutions; demos of cutting-edge new technologies including drones and 3D application and other relevant topics. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, October 7 (PIA)–Gikonsiderar sa Duterte administration ang ilang kampanya batok sa ilegal nga droga ang pinakadakong nahimo ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa una niyang 100 ka adlaw sa pangatungdanan.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, nagbaton og “dramatic and historic” nga progreso sa kampanya diin natala ang kapin sa 700,000 ang nitahan nga mga drug addicts sa nasod.
Dugang pa ni Abella, sa giingong unang tulo ka buwan, natumbok ang kalapad ug kalalom sa problema sa ilegal nga droga diin nasayran nga 97 porsiyento sa mga barangay sa tibuok nasod ang infiltrated o nasudlan na niini.
Giingong apil sa dakong nakab-ot sa hugot nga programa ni Presidente Duterte mao ang “awareness” o kaamgohan sa publiko aron masayran ang kaaway ug unsaon kini pagsumpo.
Base sa pinakaulahing datos sa Philippine National Police (PNP), naa na sa 1,377 drug suspects ang napatay; 732,698 ang nitahan nga mga drug dependents; 22,503 ang nitahan nga mga drug pushers ug kinatibuk-ang 1,634,111 ka panimalay na ang nabisita kalabot sa pagpatuman sa Oplan Tokhang.
Gawas niini, gihinganlan usab ni Presidente Duterte ang mga nalambigit nga polis ug mga opisyal sa gobyerno sa operasyon ug pagpanalipod sa operasyon sa ilegal nga droga.
Sa pagkakaron, nagpadayon pa ang pagdungog sa House Justice Committee kalabot sa Bilibid illegal drugs trade diin niatubang isip testigo ang pipila ka convicted drug lords ug mga kriminal nga naglambigit kang kanhi Department of Justice (DOJ) Kalihim ug karon Senador Leila De Lima. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, October 7 (PIA)–Akoon na sa gobyerno ang pagpahimo sa drivers’ license ug mga plaka sa sakyanan.
Matud pa ni Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Kalihim Martin Andanar nga sa pagkakaron, gipaabot na lamang nila ang ‘go signal’ gikan sa Department of Transportation (DOTr).
Naglaom si Andanar nga masulbad na sa gobyerno ang problema sa backlog sa driver’s license ug plaka sa mga sakyanan.
Gipasabot ni Andanar nga mahimong government-to-government na ang transaksiyon ug dili na kinahanglan ang pribadong kompanya aron mohimo sa mga plaka ug lisensiya.
Dugang pa sa Kalihim, kayang himuon sa National Printing Office (NPO) ug APO Production Unit Services ang tulo ka milyong backlog sa driver’s license ug lima ka milyong plaka ug gipaabot na lamang ang ilang technical requirements aron masugdan na ang paghimo niini.
Matag adlaw, gidagsa og mga reklamo ug naglagot nga publiko ang LTO tungod kay giabtan na og tuig nga wala pa nahatag nga mga lisensiya ug plaka sa mga nag-renew ug nagpa-rehistro sa ilang mga sakyanan. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, October 7 (PIA)–Target sa Duterte administration nga mahatagan og serbisyo sa elektrisidad ang tibuok nasod sa paghidangat sa tuig 2020.
Kini ang gipahayag ni Department of Energy (DOE) Kalihim Alfonso Cusi sa iyang pag-atubang sa mga negosyanteng gikan sa Europa sa gipahigayong EU Summit ning bag-o lang.
Gawas sa target nga 100% electrification, giingong tinguha usab sa kasamtangang administrasyon nga hiusahon ang power grid sa Luzon, Visayas ug Mindanao sa paghidangat sa 2022.
Gipasabot ni Cusi nga prayoridad nila nga masiguro nga ayuhon ang serbisyo sa kuryente sa matag panimalay sa tibuok nasod ug pagpakusog sa suplay niini.
Aron mapatuman ang mga proyektong may kalabotan sa enerhiya, giingong dalion usab nila ang proseso sa pagkuha og mga permit ug mga gikinahanglang dokumento.
Giingong angay usab nga mahatagan og mga tukmang insentibo ang mga musolod sa energy sector projects sama sa exemption sa real property tax ug uban pa aron mang-engganyo og mas daghan pang tigpamuhunan. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Tech Talk
Globe network stimulates higher mobile speed experience
For the first time in many years, Akamai Technologies included the Philippines in the country ranking for mobile internet speeds. And the results did not disappoint Filipino consumers.
With an average speed of 8.5 Mbps, the Philippines ranked 6th in the average mobile internet connection speed according to the 2nd Akamai State of Internet Report. The latest Akamai report also reveals that the Philippines also achieved 105.1 Mbps peak mobile speed which in the third highest in Asia Pacific next to Australia and Thailand.
Globe Telecom’s efforts to improve internet experience of its customers advanced significantly in the first 100 days of the Duterte administration, as the company managed to drive the mobile internet speed ranking of the Philippines with its 1st world internet campaign.
Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu reiterated the company’s commitment to improve the state of internet in the Philippines in order to make the nation admired globally. “More and more Filipinos are becoming dependent on fast and reliable internet connectivity, it is imperative that telco operators like Globe work closely with the government in expanding and improving telecommunication services,” Cu said.
Cu emphasized Globe is maximizing the use of additional frequency assets it obtained from the sellout of San Miguel’s telco assets in line with its commitment to the National Telecommunications Commission to deploy about 4,500 multiband, multimode software defined radio base station equipment to 95% of total municipalities and cities in the country, intended to improve overall customer experience in terms of speed and reliability of mobile internet services.
To date, Globe has already completed deployment of LTE 700 in 200 sites, mostly in Metro Manila as well as LTE 2600 in 900 sites, mostly in Visayas and Mindanao. According to Cu, sites where the LTE 700 and LTE 2600 have been deployed cover major business districts and highly-urbanized and populated areas in the country.
Cu further disclosed that Globe also expanded its GoWiFi network as it recently completed deployment of the service in close to 500 sites that include Ayala Malls, fast food chains, bus terminals, convenience stores and other public places. He added that Globe is working on widening its WiFi coverage and plan to deploy GoWiFi services in close to 1,000 sites across the country. This will provide WiFi coverage not only Metro Manila but also in Davao, Cebu, Bulacan, Cavite, Cagayan Valley, Cagayan de Oro, Nueva Vizcaya, Dumaguete, Zamboanga and Boracay.
Launched in 2015, GoWiFi, the company’ premium open national WiFi network, is now serving close to 3 million customers per month. The company’s national WiFi network is open to any customer with a WiFi enabled device. While customers are able to access the service for free for 30 minutes a day, customers can easily purchase GoWiFi credits which they can use in any GoWiFi hotspot.
According to Cu, the company is also about to complete deployment of free Wi-Fi services in all MRT Line 3 stations, enabling Globe customers riding the MRT to efficiently make use of their transit time as they are now able to access the internet for free.
The deployment of free Wi-Fi services is expected to benefit around 350,000 daily passengers of MRT Line 3. Each passenger will be given free Wi-Fi access for 30 minutes daily, said Cu, emphasizing that provision of free WiFi services in all MRT3 stations is part of the company’s initiative to enhance network capacities.
Aside from MRT Line 3, Globe also signed an agreement to provide free Wi-Fi services in all 20 LRT stations. In addition to deployment of WiFi services, Globe will also provide fiber optic cable system that will extend the length of the entire LRT 1 and cover all LRT stations and LRMC’s depot in Pasay City. Globe also recently signed with the Metro Manila Development Authority a similar agreement that will allow the telco provider to deploy wireless infrastructure in MMDA controlled areas as part of its efforts to enhance network coverage and capacities.
The 2Q Akamai report also showed the Philippines has average internet speed of 4.3 Mbps in fixed broadband, up by 24% QoQ and 27% YoY. The country registered the strongest growth in Asia Pacific region in terms of “above 4Mbps connectivity adoption” at 33% adoption rate, growing 79% QoQ and 116% YoY.
For above 10 Mbps connectivity adopted, the country showed a 5% adoption, growing by 86% QoQ and 683% YoY. For 15Mbps connectivity adoption rate, the country is at a nascent 2.1% adoption, up 109% QoQ and 872% YoY.
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Yoly C. Crisanto
Head, Corporate Communications
Globe Telecom, Inc.
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